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What you'll learn?
- Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint
- Create professional looking book covers with ease
Course Overview
Are you a self-published author? Do you want to be?
Whether you're a self-published author or maybe you want to be, there's one issue you'll eventually have to face:
Your Book Cover
Are you currently paying too much for your book covers? Or maybe you just don't want to be.
Learn to create your own book covers for no more than a dollar per cover using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013/2016.
It's fun. It's easy. And it's cheap.
In this course, you'll learn to use the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013/2016 to create stunning, professional looking book covers in no time at all and with little or no expense. You'll learn:
How to set the proper orientation and dimensions for your book cover
How to apply a background image to your book cover
Inserting and manipulating text
Using colored boxes to make your text stand out
Inserting pictures to make your cover shine
Can it really be that simple? Yes, it really is that simple.
So, what are you waiting for? Learnfly offers a 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee if you're not satisfied. So start learning to make your own book covers today -- the fast and easy way.
Pre-requisites
- Use of PowerPoint is demonstrated on a Windows PC
- You should have licensed and installed Microsoft PowerPoint
Target Audience
- Self-published author looking to create book covers easily
- Self-published authors who need inexpensive book covers
Curriculum 34 Lectures 04:41:46
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Section 1 : Introduction
- Lecture 2 :
- Downloadable Course Material
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Section 2 : How to Create Book Covers with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
- Lecture 1 :
- Getting Started: Creating, Layout, Saving and Exporting
- Lecture 2 :
- Addendum: Setting PowerPoint Export Resolution to 300 DPI
- Lecture 3 :
- Addendum: Setting PowerPoint 2013 Export Resolution to 300 DPI on Windows 8.1
- Lecture 4 :
- Addendum: Setting PowerPoint 2016 Export Resolution to 300 DPI
- Lecture 5 :
- Choosing a Background for Your Book Cover
- Lecture 6 :
- Inserting and Configuring Text Boxes
- Lecture 7 :
- Duplicating and Manipulating Text Boxes
- Lecture 8 :
- Inserting and Configuring Colored Boxes
- Lecture 9 :
- Grouping and Ungrouping Elements
- Lecture 10 :
- Inserting Pictures and a Second Sample Book Cover Pt. 1
- Lecture 11 :
- Inserting Pictures and a Second Sample Book Cover Pt. 2
- Lecture 12 :
- All the Places to Find PowerPoint Commands
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Section 3 : Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing (2017 Extension)
- Lecture 1 :
- Introduction to Advanced PowerPoint Image and Text Editing
- Lecture 2 :
- Book Cover Versions, Multiple Book Covers and Exporting
- Lecture 3 :
- Resizing, Positioning, Rotating, Flipping and Cropping Images
- Lecture 4 :
- Removing Image Backgrounds to Produce Image Silhouettes
- Lecture 5 :
- Removing Image Insets to Produce Image Frames
- Lecture 6 :
- Stacking Image Layers and Controlling Image Layer Stacking Order
- Lecture 7 :
- Working with Individual Images and Grouping Slide Elements
- Lecture 8 :
- Applying Artistic Effects, Color and Corrections, Picture Styles and Effects
- Lecture 9 :
- More About Text and Fonts
- Lecture 10 :
- The Big Cover Image Project Example
- Lecture 11 :
- Bonus Lecture: PowerPoint Slide Animation
- Lecture 12 :
- Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 1
- Lecture 13 :
- Bonus Lecture: Draw Any Shape in PowerPoint Pt. 2
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Section 4 : PowerPoint Book Cover Challenge
- Lecture 1 :
- Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 1
- Lecture 2 :
- Challenge #1 from RAD Pt. 2
- Lecture 3 :
- Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 1
- Lecture 4 :
- Challenge #2 from Don Pt. 2
- Lecture 5 :
- Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 1
- Lecture 6 :
- Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 2
- Lecture 7 :
- Challenge #3 from Mary Pt. 3
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